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Endurance racing, Formula E, feeder series. Occasionally F1. Doriane Pin fan account. Statistician by day, sometimes it shows up here too.
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Who is Doriane Pin, what's she done and why does she have a large fanbase for a struggling FRegional driver? A career retrospective and driver evangelism 🧵. Simple answer: she's a French racing driver; the first thing you'll notice is she's tiny - short enough she had to delay karting by a year.
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Check out that new 9 car
Daytona Unboxing: Lamborghini Temerario GT3
Daytona Unboxing: Lamborghini Temerario GT3
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November 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Check out that new 9 car
One way to square this circle is if they've concluded in Stuttgart that it's unreasonable to expect that the 963 can in fact win Le Mans absent a significant change to how the BoP is calculated or more luck than they can count on. After all, they had a "perfect" race this year and came second.
My feeling on this, based on nothing at all, is I can't believe Porsche would forgo the chance to enter Le Mans when they have a chance of winning overall.
Makes sense for everyone to have two full seasons customer entries. Especially if it doesn't cost Porsche much (at all).
Makes sense for everyone to have two full seasons customer entries. Especially if it doesn't cost Porsche much (at all).
November 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
One way to square this circle is if they've concluded in Stuttgart that it's unreasonable to expect that the 963 can in fact win Le Mans absent a significant change to how the BoP is calculated or more luck than they can count on. After all, they had a "perfect" race this year and came second.
Stupid things looking at my Bluesky feed has caused me to think in the last five minutes:
- it would be very funny if the championship battle in IndyCar next year is somehow between O'Ward and Lundgaard and we have McLaren nonsense: the sequel
- obviously, an Audi A3 is twice the size of an A4
- it would be very funny if the championship battle in IndyCar next year is somehow between O'Ward and Lundgaard and we have McLaren nonsense: the sequel
- obviously, an Audi A3 is twice the size of an A4
November 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Stupid things looking at my Bluesky feed has caused me to think in the last five minutes:
- it would be very funny if the championship battle in IndyCar next year is somehow between O'Ward and Lundgaard and we have McLaren nonsense: the sequel
- obviously, an Audi A3 is twice the size of an A4
- it would be very funny if the championship battle in IndyCar next year is somehow between O'Ward and Lundgaard and we have McLaren nonsense: the sequel
- obviously, an Audi A3 is twice the size of an A4
It's Macau week(end)! Excited to watch Formula Regional cars bring out red flags, probably on delay because you're not getting up to watch feeder series racing from China? I sure am!
November 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
It's Macau week(end)! Excited to watch Formula Regional cars bring out red flags, probably on delay because you're not getting up to watch feeder series racing from China? I sure am!
I think in terms of WEC silly season we're now almost done with race seats being assigned, with only two at Alpine (quite possibly remaining with Ferdinand Habsburg and Mick Schumacher) and two at Genesis (quite possibly Paul-Loup Chatin and Mathieu Jaminet) unconfirmed?
November 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I think in terms of WEC silly season we're now almost done with race seats being assigned, with only two at Alpine (quite possibly remaining with Ferdinand Habsburg and Mick Schumacher) and two at Genesis (quite possibly Paul-Loup Chatin and Mathieu Jaminet) unconfirmed?
It would be quite funny to have a very clearly privateer 963 entry listed in WEC as the works Porsche team while an equally obviously factory Ferrari entry is listed as a privateer, too....
November 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
It would be quite funny to have a very clearly privateer 963 entry listed in WEC as the works Porsche team while an equally obviously factory Ferrari entry is listed as a privateer, too....
I had been waiting for somebody to explain precisely what the heck was going on with all the various Porsche rumours. Here we go:
(Short answer: some weird hybrid PenskeProton thing might potentially enter WEC, if Porsche don't veto it)
(Short answer: some weird hybrid PenskeProton thing might potentially enter WEC, if Porsche don't veto it)
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I had been waiting for somebody to explain precisely what the heck was going on with all the various Porsche rumours. Here we go:
(Short answer: some weird hybrid PenskeProton thing might potentially enter WEC, if Porsche don't veto it)
(Short answer: some weird hybrid PenskeProton thing might potentially enter WEC, if Porsche don't veto it)
I do kind of give Audi credit for figuring out how to wangle multiple launch events out of one car. On the other hand it looks very F2-y with no sponsors and fairly plain lines.
November 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I do kind of give Audi credit for figuring out how to wangle multiple launch events out of one car. On the other hand it looks very F2-y with no sponsors and fairly plain lines.
Of course the thing about an Aitken/Bamber/Bourdais lineup is.... well, that's 2/3 of the Whelen car, who I thought was going to inherit Penske's Le Mans invite. Which might be tricky if their drivers are already there.
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Of course the thing about an Aitken/Bamber/Bourdais lineup is.... well, that's 2/3 of the Whelen car, who I thought was going to inherit Penske's Le Mans invite. Which might be tricky if their drivers are already there.
I mean fair enough that Cadillac lineup has worked for many years but are they going to let him out of the prison cell they photographed him in at some point?
🗞️ DRIVER LINE UP NEWS: Jack Aitken will join Cadillac's WEC factory team JOTA Sport next year, partnering Earl Bamber and Sebastien Bourdais, with the Briton undertaking a dual IMSA/WEC campaign.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I mean fair enough that Cadillac lineup has worked for many years but are they going to let him out of the prison cell they photographed him in at some point?
Some reports are suggesting that the buyer for a 5% stake in Mercedes from Toto Wolff is Crowdstrike CEO George Kurtz, presumably impressed at how Antonelli managed to avoid being blamed for his part in a major crash at the weekend...
November 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Some reports are suggesting that the buyer for a 5% stake in Mercedes from Toto Wolff is Crowdstrike CEO George Kurtz, presumably impressed at how Antonelli managed to avoid being blamed for his part in a major crash at the weekend...
So if Toto is selling 5% of Mercedes F1 in a deal that values the company at £4.6 bn, that means he's getting about £230 million for it. I wonder what he feels like he needs £230 million for? www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formul...
Mercedes: Toto Wolff set to sell stake in deal which values F1 team at £4.6bn
Toto Wolff is in advanced talks to sell part of his shareholding in the Mercedes Formula 1 team, with the proposed sale valuing the team at a record £4.6bn.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
So if Toto is selling 5% of Mercedes F1 in a deal that values the company at £4.6 bn, that means he's getting about £230 million for it. I wonder what he feels like he needs £230 million for? www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formul...
In practice, promoting drivers through the ranks is an uncommon path to winning championships. If Lando Norris does close out the title this year, he'll be the first champion to win having only driven for one team since Lewis Hamilton in 2008.
John Elkann says Ferrari "needs drivers who think less about themselves and more about the team."
If that's really what he believes, then maybe Ferrari should stop signing world champions and start advancing more drivers through their own ranks to the main team.
1/3 🧵
If that's really what he believes, then maybe Ferrari should stop signing world champions and start advancing more drivers through their own ranks to the main team.
1/3 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
In practice, promoting drivers through the ranks is an uncommon path to winning championships. If Lando Norris does close out the title this year, he'll be the first champion to win having only driven for one team since Lewis Hamilton in 2008.
This is not news - we're still where we were before, which is that Iron Lynx will be back with Mercedes if they can find some Bronzes to pay for it, otherwise somebody else will. But it does look like they've managed to locate some potentials at least based on the testing.
Iron Lynx is set to continue as Mercedes-AMG’s partner team in the LMGT3 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship according to team boss Andrea Piccini and the brand’s head of customer racing Stefan Wendl, who have both confirmed intentions of a second season together.
Iron Lynx, Mercedes-AMG Set to Continue LMGT3 Partnership
Stefan Wendl, Andrea Piccini confirm plans to continue Mercedes-AMG, Iron Lynx LMGT3 partnership...
sportscar365.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This is not news - we're still where we were before, which is that Iron Lynx will be back with Mercedes if they can find some Bronzes to pay for it, otherwise somebody else will. But it does look like they've managed to locate some potentials at least based on the testing.
This seems like bad news if you're WEC given he's still a big draw, but given that WRT run BMW GT3 cars in approximately 73248 different series the odds of him showing up somewhere else seem pretty decent...
sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/r...
sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/r...
Rossi’s WEC Future in Doubt as WRT Lineup Takes Shape
Expected newcomers to WRT LMGT3 roster could leave no space for Valentino Rossi...
sportscar365.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This seems like bad news if you're WEC given he's still a big draw, but given that WRT run BMW GT3 cars in approximately 73248 different series the odds of him showing up somewhere else seem pretty decent...
sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/r...
sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/r...
The thing about this is these drivers have all....done exactly what you would have expected them to do. I didn't think they looked all that good when McLaren signed them, and they've all been perfectly respectable but not that good this year. What was the plan here, guys?
NEW: McLaren drop three drivers from junior roster and hire FREC runner-up De Palo
McLaren have parted ways with junior drivers Martinius Stenshorne, Ugo Ugochukwu and Brando Badoer.
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McLaren have parted ways with junior drivers Martinius Stenshorne, Ugo Ugochukwu and Brando Badoer.
More:
McLaren drop three drivers from junior roster and hire FREC runner-up De Palo
McLaren has announced a major shake-up of its young driver roster by dropping no fewer than three of its prior members.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The thing about this is these drivers have all....done exactly what you would have expected them to do. I didn't think they looked all that good when McLaren signed them, and they've all been perfectly respectable but not that good this year. What was the plan here, guys?
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This is actually just a good explanation of *everybody’s* issues caused by the track changes
The weird quirks that heightened Piastri's struggles in Brazil
It would be easy to see Oscar Piastri's struggles at Interlagos as part of his wider struggle for form in recent races - but Jon Noble's found some specific things with this track that hurt Piastri mo...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This is actually just a good explanation of *everybody’s* issues caused by the track changes
Fun F1 "fact": in theory, if Piastri had been given a 5s instead of a 10s penalty, he'd have finished third, since he was 4.999s behind Verstappen at the line.
(Boring F1 reality: no he wouldn't, strategies would have been different etc).
(Boring F1 reality: no he wouldn't, strategies would have been different etc).
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Fun F1 "fact": in theory, if Piastri had been given a 5s instead of a 10s penalty, he'd have finished third, since he was 4.999s behind Verstappen at the line.
(Boring F1 reality: no he wouldn't, strategies would have been different etc).
(Boring F1 reality: no he wouldn't, strategies would have been different etc).
The WEC version of this is remaining energy. I cannot actually remember when the last time 18 different Hypercars pitted was, show me the freaking graphic you break out about once every half hour so I know who is _actually_ ahead.
(Also put lap last stopped at in the live timing you idiots).
(Also put lap last stopped at in the live timing you idiots).
Put the intervals on the timing tower you spanners
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The WEC version of this is remaining energy. I cannot actually remember when the last time 18 different Hypercars pitted was, show me the freaking graphic you break out about once every half hour so I know who is _actually_ ahead.
(Also put lap last stopped at in the live timing you idiots).
(Also put lap last stopped at in the live timing you idiots).
I could swear they already had. In any case, this is still defensible, and sticking with the drivers when you're changing the car is never a bad plan. But Toyota management principles would suggest they should be continuing to replace drivers on account of advancing age sooner rather than later.
November 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I could swear they already had. In any case, this is still defensible, and sticking with the drivers when you're changing the car is never a bad plan. But Toyota management principles would suggest they should be continuing to replace drivers on account of advancing age sooner rather than later.
Getting this one in now because I'm not sure if I'll be back home for the Grand Prix or not.
November 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Getting this one in now because I'm not sure if I'll be back home for the Grand Prix or not.
Due to a proofreading error, they accidentally tasked the simulator team back in Milton Keynes with "finding a set-up to maximise lap time" and of course they came through on that.
November 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Due to a proofreading error, they accidentally tasked the simulator team back in Milton Keynes with "finding a set-up to maximise lap time" and of course they came through on that.
So Bahrain definitely had quite a lot of good moments - the track tends to produce them - but wasn't really a good race as such because the BoP was off. There was clearly a recognition that Toyota and Ferrari had been nerfed too hard, but they moved the pendulum about twice as far as they had to.
November 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
So Bahrain definitely had quite a lot of good moments - the track tends to produce them - but wasn't really a good race as such because the BoP was off. There was clearly a recognition that Toyota and Ferrari had been nerfed too hard, but they moved the pendulum about twice as far as they had to.
Also apparently while I was watching WEC Leclerc figured out how to do a good lap?
November 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Also apparently while I was watching WEC Leclerc figured out how to do a good lap?
The Pier Guidi/Buemi fight over second, assuming Pier Guidi can be bothered, is marginally meaningful, inasmuch as I believe Toyota take 2nd in the Manufacturers' as it currently is but would drop behind Porsche if the Ferrari grabs second.
November 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The Pier Guidi/Buemi fight over second, assuming Pier Guidi can be bothered, is marginally meaningful, inasmuch as I believe Toyota take 2nd in the Manufacturers' as it currently is but would drop behind Porsche if the Ferrari grabs second.